Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Brookfield Woman
A Brookfield Missouri woman recalls weight loss and weakness before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life. She reports improved health and ongoing use as she cites the remedy's long history of aiding female ailments.
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Brookfield
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sarail Lovus Ignonrt
Livingston Street
Mass
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Maw's Recipe for Peace and a Peacock with a Wooden Leg
A Niagara Falls man recalls a Buffalo relative visiting to view the falls with quiet awe. The Scottish guest replies that beauty is common, but he once saw a peacock in Peebles with a wooden leg, a remark that playful contrasts the strange with the bonnie.
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Niagara Falls
Scotland
Donald
Bonnie
Peebles
Placing Him Among Riches and Reproach
The exchange features a sharp remark about a stained shirt and social display. One character notes an elderly man with an egg stain, while another defends it as the mark of vulgar wealth and public display.
A Little Thing Changes the Home Feeling
A Wisconsin mother credits Postum with ending headaches and bilious attacks after switching from coffee. She notes her husband and daughter also improved, and urges tired nervous mothers to try Postum for a sunnier home life. The letter references The Road to Wellville and explains There’s a Reason for the product shift.
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Wellville
Tran
Henner Dmdoress
Nervy Nat Bites Into Plaza Dining Capers
Nat Johnstone with alias Lorillard Lawrence Johnstone caused a scene at the Hotel Plaza dining room by ordering guinea hen bouillabaisse frogs legs and pheasant a la Burgund y 1811 while his dicky malfunctioned exposing a red flannel garment Baron Goldfogle alerted staff and Burnell the house detective closed in as Johnstone exclaimed caught I woulda gone to the jug a year for that dinner.
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York
Nat
Hotel Plaza
Dicky
Baron Goldfogle
Obersheimer
Saxony
Waitah
Mr. Johnstone
Lorillard
Lawrence Johnstone
Capt
Montlaught
Plaza
Johnstone
House
Burnell
Old Ben the Chicago cat dies at nineteen
Chicago mourns Old Ben once housed at Merz Drug Co on West Twelfth Street and Ogden Avenue. The famed feline lived about 19 years and weighed around 21 pounds. He was known as a fearless pugilist who fought dogs by gripping their necks and biting with claws.
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Ben
Chicago
Merz Drug Company
West Twelfth Street
Ogden Avenue
West Side
Edward Merz
Joseph Lestina
Mr. Merz
Pajama-clad students trap burglar at Chicago fraternity house
Ten Alpha Tau Omega members at the University of Chicago chased and captured James Clark after he burglarized the 923 East Sixtieth street chapter house. Clark, paroled from Joliet in October, was held at Woodlawn station as prosecutors decide charges under a parole-law ruling.
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
University of Chicago
Midway Plaisance
East Sixtieth Street
James Clark
Henry Brown
Woodlawn
Front Win
Dows
Jimmy
Brown
Clark
John Hogan
Joliet
Supreme Court
Detroit Cop Awakes To Missing Upper Teeth
A Detroit police officer woke from sleep to find his upper teeth missing. He swore he had dreamt of losing them and now the nightmare was real. After a search, he discovered the dentures tucked inside his overshoe, where they had apparently fallen while he snored.
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Illustrated Sunday Magazine
The
Los Angeles Herald
Etroit
Mich
Detroit
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Mrs. Crouse Report Health Gain
Mrs R Crouse of Manchester Iowa credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing two years of back weakness rheumatic pains lower limb discomfort and irregular kidney action. She reports the backache vanished and kidneys now function normally after using the product. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Katherine Bilgun’s ball dress draws attention
Katherine Bilguns ex pensively dressed at the ball impresses attendees. Kidder confirms even her slippers had real lace ties showcasing her refined attire.
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Katherine
Miss Bilguns
Kidder
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Clear Skin and Hair
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment as premier for preserving purifying and beautifying skin scalp hair and hands. It highlights emollient antiseptic properties and promises relief from itching irritation and clogged pores. Also notes worldwide sale and a free Cuticura Book. A brief comic exchange follows.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Editor notes unpublished Washington anecdote resurfaces
An editor and an occasional contributor discuss a George Washington anecdote that has never before appeared in print. The exchange suggests the idea came to the contributor only last night.
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George Washington
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days and more ads
Eye ear nose and throat specialist highlighted with claims of curing piles in six to fourteen days by PAZO OINTMENT. Ad claims and price, plus notices of fur buyers and gun shop bargains. Ends with a quip about wives seeking an eight hour day.
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Ee Ran
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Britain
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Bears
Orm
New York
Castoria
Ole
Wrigley
Continental Oil CO. (Incorporated
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
I'rce
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Allen
Western
Canada
Deolliver
Iowa
United States
Nator Dolliver
Canopla
Imm Tion
Ottawa
Can
Cha
Pilling
Grand Forks, Mt. Bak
Sant Cascareta
Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Ind
Tovice
Fargo
Fongne
Aba
Ncoe Buasato
Seaemide
Scs
Oshen
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